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Liftoff eyes $4bn valuation as Blackstone weighs exit strategies

Private Equity Wire

The California-based company is collaborating with investment banks Goldman Sachs and Jefferies to explore its alternatives, including the possibility of an initial public offering, the unnamed sources have said, cautioning that these discussions are in the early stages, and no deal is guaranteed.

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PE-led consortium to take Hong Kong’s ESR Group private in $7.09bn deal

Private Equity Wire

Founded as a major player in property-focused funds and investments, ESR went public in 2019, raising $1.6bn through an initial public offering priced at HKD16.8 per share.

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Advent agrees sale of Indian packaging firm to PAG for nearly $1bn

Private Equity Wire

The acquisition marks another significant move by PAG, which has invested more than $1.7bn in India since establishing its local office in 2019. It operates 23 manufacturing plants, holds over 50 patents and designs, and has a presence in 21 locations across India, according to Advent’s website.

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If You Invested $5,000 in CrowdStrike Stock's IPO in 2019, This Is How Much You Would Have Today

The Motley Fool

Investors can be forgiven if they chose not to invest in the initial public offering (IPO) of CrowdStrike Holdings (NASDAQ: CRWD) in 2019, much less invest $5,000 at that time. The company had 2,500 subscription customers when it went public in 2019. And most investors aren't well-versed on this subject.

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If You Invested $10,000 in Pinterest in 2019, This Is How Much You Would Have Today

The Motley Fool

Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) went public at $19 per share on April 18, 2019. Therefore, a $10,000 investment in Pinterest's initial public offering (IPO) would have briefly blossomed to $46,921 before shrinking back to about $18,400. Pinterest's revenue rose 51% in 2019, 48% in 2020, and 52% in 2021.

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Uber Stock Is Up a Phenomenal 120% in 1 Year: But Is Now the Time to Buy?

The Motley Fool

After really disappointing shareholders during the period after its initial public offering in May 2019, this transportation-as-a-service stock has been crushing it more recently, up a phenomenal 120% in the past year alone. That was up 17% year over year, and it was 165% higher than pre-pandemic 2019.

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Investors Are Convinced They've Found the Next Chipotle

The Motley Fool

Shares have climbed 45-fold since that initial public offering (IPO) and 375% since the beginning of 2019. It grew much slower in 2019 -- two years before the following chart -- and, understandably, in 2020. It routinely trades north of 50 times earnings -- nearly double of most other restaurant stocks, or more.

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